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Billing, Posting, and Calculating Machine Operators - 43-3021.03

O*NET-SOC Description

Operate machines that automatically perform mathematical processes, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, to calculate and record billing, accounting, statistical, and other numerical data. Duties include operating special billing machines to prepare statements, bills, and invoices, and operating bookkeeping machines to copy and post data, make computations, and compile records of transactions.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Accounts Payable Clerk
  • Bookkeeper
  • Credit Analyst
  • Accounts Payable Associate
  • Accounts Payable Coordinator
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Accounts Receivable Coordinater
  • Cost Accounting Clerk

SOC Occupation Groups

Related Occupations

Tasks

  • Assign purchase order numbers to invoices, requisitions, and formal and informal bids.
  • Balance and reconcile batch control totals with source documents or computer listings to locate errors, encode correct amounts, or prepare correction records.
  • Bundle sorted documents to prepare those drawn on other banks for collection.
  • Clean machines and replace ribbons, film, and tape.
  • Compile, code, and verify requisition, production, statistical, mileage, and other reports which require specialized knowledge in selecting the totals used.
  • Compute monies due on personal and real property, inventories, redemption payments and other amounts, applying specialized knowledge of tax rates, formulas, interest rates, or other relevant information.
  • Compute payroll and retirement amounts, applying knowledge of payroll deductions, actuarial tables, disability factors, and survivor allowances.
  • Encode and add amounts of transaction documents, such as checks or money orders, using encoding machines.
  • Enter into machines all information needed for bill generation.
  • Maintain ledgers and registers, posting charges and refunds to individual funds, and computing and verifying balances.
  • Observe operation of sorters to locate documents that machines cannot read, and manually record amounts of these documents.
  • Operate bookkeeping machines to copy and post data, make computations, and compile records of transactions.
  • Operate special billing machines to prepare statements, bills, and invoices.
  • Prepare transmittal reports for changes to assessment and tax rolls, redemption file changes, and for warrants, deposits, and invoices.
  • Reconcile and post receipts for cash received by various departments.
  • Send completed bills to billing clerks for information verification.
  • Sort and list items for proof or collection.
  • Sort and microfilm transaction documents, such as checks, using sorting machines.
  • Train other calculating machine operators and review their work.
  • Transcribe data from office records, using specified forms, billing machines, or transcribing machines.
  • Transfer data from machines, such as encoding machines, to computers.
  • Verify and post to ledgers purchase orders, reports of goods received, invoices, paid vouchers, or other information.
  • Verify completeness and accuracy of original documents, such as business property statements, tax rolls, invoices, bonds and coupons, and redemption certificates.

Detailed Work Activities

  • compile data for financial reports
  • complete patient bills
  • detect discrepancies on records or reports
  • examine documents for completeness, accuracy, or conformance to standards
  • fill out business or government forms
  • monitor operation of document sorting machine
  • operate bookkeeping machines
  • operate business machines
  • operate calculating devices
  • operate duplicating equipment
  • perform typing or data entry for extended duration
  • prepare billing statements
  • reconcile or balance financial records
  • repair or maintain office, vending, or related equipment
  • sort books, publications, or other items
  • transcribe spoken or written information
  • use accounting or bookkeeping software
  • use computers to enter, access or retrieve data
  • use spreadsheet software

Military Crosswalk Titles

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Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

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DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Accounts-Adjustable Clerk
  • Audit-Machine Operator
  • Billing-Machine Operator
  • Calculating-Machine Operator
  • Check Writer
  • Proof-Machine Operator